On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 12:47:03PM +0100, Michael Felt wrote: > On 01/11/2016 13:09, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 11:55:12AM -0000, aixto...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Granted - the web page is from 7 years ago (now that I look more closely). > > > > > > How can I help ? > > > > > > netcf is in its very early stages, and can be improved in any number of > > > ways. The most pressing needs right now are > > > > > > implementing backends for other distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.) > > > and operating systems (Solaris) > > > testing and using netcf > > > > > > So, early stages is probably not correct anymore - and only including > > > Solaris is not very inviting to the other UNIX - still out there (AIX). > > > > > > My interest: cloud-init is looking at using netcf rather than ubuntu > > > "interfaces" (man 5 interfaces). I am working on a "distro" addin for AIX > > > into cloud-init that will make trunk (the current one is very old, and > > > would never merge into truck, so rewriting from scratch where needed and > > > borrowing when possible) > > > > > > So, will anyone pay attention if I take the time to download and try to > > > build netcf for AIX? > > The (outdated) docs are not intended to suggest exclusivity. Reviewers > > would consider patches for any other OS on merits of the patch itself. > > > > In the case of AIX, most people don't have access to such a system, so > > we'd be relying on the submitter to have done all neccessary testing, > > and also to periodically test that later patches to netcf don't > > accidentally cause regressions. > > > > IOW, by all means submit patches for AIX support, or any other OS > > > > Regards, > > Daniel > > OK - restart. > > a) git clone ... > > b) edit bootstrap to remove indented 'sed' input and remove cp of bootstrap > from gnulib > > c) creating "configure" completes > > d) current showstopper: readline > * I'll build and install readline; however, is it really necessary (most > applications warn that it is not present - this is actually the first one I > have come across that "requires" it. I was expecting something that - I > thought - normally runs in the background - would not REQUIRE readline.
netcf has a CLI tool that uses readline. > Is pkg-config required for run-time, or only for build/packaging? pkg-config is purely a build-time thing. Regards, Daniel -- |: http://berrange.com -o- http://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org :| |: http://entangle-photo.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :|
